Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservatives have fallen to
fifth place in an opinion poll ahead of the May 23 European parliamentary
election as pressure grows for her to set a date for her own departure.

Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party was in the lead, up four
percentage points, on 34% while May’s Conservative Party had just 10%, the YouGov
poll for the Times newspaper showed. The opposition Labour Party was down five
points on 16%.

Two parties which support staying in the EU, the Liberal
Democrats and the Greens, were on 15% and 11% respectively.

The collapse in support for the Conservative Party is piling
pressure on May to set a date for her departure. Senior Conservatives want May
to set out her plans this week.

Nearly three years since the United Kingdom voted 52% to 48%
to leave the European Union, there is still no agreement among British
politicians about when, how or even if the divorce should take place.

If the Brexit Party comes out on top in a couple of weeks’
times, we must have a place at the negotiating table with the government to
help put together our strategy.

Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 Committee, which can make
or break party leaders, said that May had been asked to give “clarity” about
her future at a meeting this week.

The new deadline for leaving the EU is Oct. 31 though many
Brexit supporters fear that the whole divorce could be derailed.